Apollo Quotes · Page 4

I met Obama once, backstage at the Apollo in Harlem.

— Glenn Ligon

[Apollo 7 was] an expedition of the mind, not of the heart.

— Earl Warren

“Protect the daughters of Zeus." Fire flickered in Apollo's eyes. "Kronos is among you.”

— Lisa Kessler

“But no matter where we go, I would still be a daughter of Zeus and you a son of Apollo.”

— Josephine Angelini

“I vote, I challenge Bathymaasy and we shoot arrows at you dearest brother." Artemis Set and Bathymaas laughed. Apollo, not so much.”

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

I'm proud to be an American, I'll tell you. What a program and what a place and what an experience.

— Charles Duke

“Once upon a time, we soared into the Solar System. For a few years. Then we hurried back. Why? What happened? What…

— Carl Sagan

I did 'Showtime at the Apollo' when I was 10, and it was the first time that I'd ever performed on TV,…

— Sevyn Streeter

Nor does Apollo keep his bow continually drawn. [Lat., Neque semper arcum Tendit Apollo.]

— Horace

How do you expect to get us to the Moon if you people can't even hook us up with a ground station?

— Gus Grissom

“Things can turn out differently, Apollo. That's the nice thing about being human. We only have one life, but we can choose…

— Rick Riordan

I've got this." Apollo stepped forward. His fiery armor was so bright it was hard to look at, and his matching Ray-Bans…

— Rick Riordan

I look on Sculpture as history. I do not think the Apollo and the Jove impossible in flesh and blood. Every trait…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I have a great relationship with Apollo's parents. My mother-in-law is a very supportive and caring lady. We both consider family very…

— Phaedra Parks

To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the moon landing, the three astronauts from Apollo 11 visited the White House. Neil Armstrong and…

— Conan O'Brien

The day Apollo 11 landed, I knew men would walk on Mars in my lifetime. I'm no longer nearly so sure. The…

— Spider Robinson

I was born too late to experience Apollo 11, though I do trek to Dad's house every time there's some space event.…

— Andy Weir

I came to dedicate my life to opening space to the average person and crafting designs for new spaceships that could take…

— Buzz Aldrin

Ghosts of melodious prophesyings rave Round every spot where trod Apollo's foot; Bronze clarions awake, and faintly bruit, Where long ago a…

— John Keats

I was born in 1958, the same year NASA was established, which I like to think of as not a coincidence. I…

— Ellen Ochoa

“The audacity of a fine death always affects men. As soon as Enjolras folded his arms and accepted his end, the din…

— Victor Hugo

“Percy," Apollo said, "I wouldn't worry too much. The last Great Prophecy about you took almost seventy years to complete. This one…

— Rick Riordan

It's happened many times before. Usually it results in an exceptional and gifted human. Some of the greatest figures in Earth's history…

— Pittacus Lore

Honestly, I was just happy to get the work. I was chuffed to bits. I know David Furnish and Elton John a…

— Matt Lucas

Chiron, I don't think the attic is the proper place for our new Oracle, do you?" "No, indeed." Chiron looked a lot…

— Rick Riordan

Antiquity was often delighted to cast a halo of mythical glory around its illustrious names. The immortal works of this great philosopher…

— John William Draper

“Apollo knew well and good that wishes were nothing more than dust held together with hope, impossible to hold and foolish to…

— Annabeth Albert

I spent most of my youth in Manchester, in clubs and football grounds and the Manchester Apollo.

— John Simm

Basically, Apollo was more of a mediator between Zeus in Olympus and Perseus on Earth. He played much more of an active…

— Luke Evans

If you had told Sycorax that her son Caliban was as handsome as Apollo, she would have been pleased, witch as she…

— William Makepeace Thackeray

Words like 'God' and 'Allah' must go the way of 'Apollo' and 'Baal' or they will unmake our world.

— Sam Harris

I worked on all of the Apollo manned missions and a couple of Apollo unmanned missions.

— Margaret H. Hamilton

If we want to go to space with humans, that's for fun not for science. Human adventures in space are just sporting…

— Freeman Dyson

The swan is not without cause dedicated to Apollo, because foreseeing his happiness in death, he dies with singing and pleasure.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“He saw her eyes bright as stars; he saw her lips, and was not satisfied with only seeing them.”

— Anonymous

Frequently on the lunar surface I said to myself, 'This is the Moon, that is the Earth. I'm really here, I'm really…

— Alan Bean

There's a historical milestone in the fact that our Apollo 11 landing on the moon took place a mere 66 years after…

— Buzz Aldrin

I'm like that guy who single-handedly built the rocket and flew to the moon. What was his name? Apollo Creed?

— Homer

I think if there's any one band that every member of Sons of Apollo has been influenced by, I think Van Halen…

— Mike Portnoy

And from the crew of Apollo 8, we close with good night, good luck, a Merry Christmas, and God bless all of…

— Frank Borman